If I recall correctly, he not only has the second set of arms on his torso, the spurs, a big ass shoulder cannon, and a flashy red dot on his forehead, but he's also about four times as big as a regular SBD. The story he was first shown in was in the Clone Wars Adventures digest comics (the ones done in the style of the CN cartoon) and Mace and Saesee Tiin made pretty short work of him. Apparently they have some kind of mass disruptor that makes it nearly impossible for a Jedi to use a Force Push on them.

The Annihilator Droid, btw, is based on discarded concept art from AOTC. Initially Lucas vetoed any other droids for the end battle besides the BDs, SBDs, and Droidekas, and the Annihilator was axed pretty early on. Then Lucas decided to have the art department make more droids (Dwarf Spider, Homing Spider, Tank Droid, etc), but for whatever reason, the Annihilator never made the film.

When I first heard about this promotion, this is the droid that immediately entered my mind. I think this could totally work. The thing about this droid is it could be divided into six big pieces (the midsection, the two big guns and the three legs), or I'm sure if Hasbro tried they could make it into thirty smaller pieces. I think this is a great candidate.

The thing about this droid is it could be divided into six big pieces (the midsection, the two big guns and the three legs), or I'm sure if Hasbro tried they could make it into thirty smaller pieces. I think this is a great candidate.

I was reading through the Figure of the Day feature at GH, and noticed this part of the review of CZ-4:

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The figure has a unique undocumented feature which, from the look of things, was entirely intentional. It can be pulled apart at the waist, and there's a peg that looks like it was meant to be seen by fans. In short, it seems like Hasbro designed this figure to be dismantled, perhaps for future torture rack use, build-a-figure possibilities, or some other reason.

With the recent rumblings that the BAF waves will involve astromechs and protocol droids, could this be a sign of things to come? Perhaps parts of CZ-4 are going to be used in these future pack ins, or maybe not, but hopefully we'll see this weekend.

I was reading through the Figure of the Day feature at GH, and noticed this part of the review of CZ-4:

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The figure has a unique undocumented feature which, from the look of things, was entirely intentional. It can be pulled apart at the waist, and there's a peg that looks like it was meant to be seen by fans. In short, it seems like Hasbro designed this figure to be dismantled, perhaps for future torture rack use, build-a-figure possibilities, or some other reason.

With the recent rumblings that the BAF waves will involve astromechs and protocol droids, could this be a sign of things to come? Perhaps parts of CZ-4 are going to be used in these future pack ins, or maybe not, but hopefully we'll see this weekend.

I'd definitely say that is a possibility. I never knew CZ-4 even pulled apart like that, I'll have to check that out on mine next time I'm down home. If that is a sign, hopefully that means we can expect some nicely articulated BAF droids.

I really love the BAF concept and am happy that Hasbro seems to have finally adopted it into the Star Wars line. It seems like all we will be getting is Droids though. If all of the BAF will be Droids i hope they make a wide variety of Droids and not just protocol and R2/R5 base figures.